1、Unit 4 Information TechnologyLesson 1 AvatarsPeriod 1学生头像学生头像1学生学生头像头像2学生头像学生头像3学生头像学生头像4avatarsBrainstorm Look at the screenshot of our WeChat group, describe your avatar and share the reason why you use it. Example: I use_ as my avatar in order to/ because_.Prediction What would you like to learn
2、about avatars? Write down your questions.Read for General Understanding From what aspects does the author talk about avatars?AvatarsPara 1Para 2Paras 3-5Para 6Key Informationintroduction/definitionhistoryuses/purposesof avatarsdifferent viewsRead for Detailed Information How does the author explain
3、each aspect with details?avatarsPara 1Para 2Paras 3-5Para 6DetailsKey Information1. To express and give room for creativity2. To show personality3. To move around and talkintroduction/definitionhistoryuses/purposesof avatarsdifferent viewsDiscussion and Deep Thinking Why do people obviously make the
4、ir avatars look better than they do in real life? Do you agree with the writer that “the avatar you choose says a lot about your personality”? Give examples to support your opinion. Are there any risks of using avatars? Any examples? How should we use avatars in a safer and healthier way on the Inte
5、rnet? Any suggestions?HomeworkCreate an avatar for one of the students/teachers in our class. Introduce it next time. Who would you give it to? What does it look like? Why did you decide to create it this way?Period 2Review and Practice Complete the short text with information from the reading. The
6、answers can be one word or more. Avatars are digital 1_ that you use to represent yourself online. You can choose an avatar from 2_of ready-made images, or 3_. Although avatars havent been around for long, they are widely used.identitiesa selectioncreate your own imagesReview and Practice Avatars le
7、t you 4_ and give you 5_. But the use of avatars has also caused 6_. Some users worry that they are spending too much time 7_ that they are becoming afraid of meeting people in the real world. The use of several avatars can also be 8_, as people can use avatars to 9_. However, many people see avatar
8、s in 10_.express yourselflots of room for creativityconcernsin virtual worldsa riskcheat others onlinea more positive lightLanguage Learning Work in pairs and ask the following questions about the change of avatars. Write down the answers from the text:1) In the past, like the 1980s, what was people
9、s prediction about future avatars?2) When people started creating avatars, what was their plan?3) Since when did people start to have more than one avatar?Language Learning1)Yet very few people knew that future avatars would have such a wide variety of forms and uses.2)When people started creating t
10、heir own avatars, they discovered that they were going to have the power to create new identities that did not look or act like their real selves at all.3)Also, many Internet users realized that their avatars would be seen by many people, not just their friends. Form: _ Function:_Language Learning W
11、hats the relationship between past, present and future? Draw a timeline.Language in Use Think about what changes has technology brought to our lives. Make a list of four changes in groups and describe the changes by using past future tense. Example: In the past, I never thought that we would In the
12、past1) _2) _3) _4) _VSNow (present)1) _2) _3) _4) _Language in UseComplete the following sentences using past future tense. In the 1990s, few people knew that _. When computers were invented, it was believed that _. In the past few years, users of smartphones realised that _. The convenience of the
13、Internet made Internet users discover that _. When avatars first appeared in the 1980s, few people believed that _.Creative Writing Suppose you were at the age of ten, how would you fancy your life in the future with the help of technology? Complete the story by using past future tense. Example: Whe
14、n I was ten, I believed that any one who could use a computer would become the most intelligent person in the future. I fancied that I would have a beeper , like the one my father had. I thought that I was going to buy a robot to help with my homework and exams.Homework Writing “_ in the past, present and future”. You can also use past future tense to show the changes.Thank You
